

From furniture to caskets; kindness carried on
For The Madera Tribune Students research the Chinese cemetery near Borden. Richard C. Jay was a remarkable person. Among his many...
Bill Coate
Feb 8


Sheriff John Anderson Remembered
Madera Tribune File Photo Former Madera County Sheriff John Anderson. Sheriff John Anderson was born and raised in Williams, Calif. He...
Bill Coate
Feb 5


Mordecai met Grant on main street
For The Madera Tribune George Washington Mordecai met President Ulysses S. Grant on main street Madera. As the little town of Madera was...
Bill Coate
Jan 29


Madera finally tamed Captain Mace
For The Madera Tribune Captain Mace. An adventurer who rode with Kit Carson, scouted the West in search of buffalo, and mined for gold on...
Bill Coate
Jan 25


Will history repeat itself in school board races?
For The Madera Tribune Judge Conley. Madera will once again cast its votes in a number of important races, not the least of which are the...
Bill Coate
Jan 22


Madera remembered Athletic Hall
For The Madera Tribune Looking east on Yosemite Avenue from E Street, this 1928 photograph shows the two-story building which housed the...
Bill Coate
Jan 18


Hanky-panky in the Fountain Saloon
Madera County Historical Society The Fountain Saloon was located at Gateway and Yosemite. George Gruber, the owner, is shown here, second...
Bill Coate
Jan 15


Madera’s political turf wars began in 1926
For The Madera Tribune Madera County Sheriff John Barnett (left) is shown here in 1921 with Undersheriff Clarence Osborn and prisoner Ah...
Bill Coate
Jan 11









